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I think comparing food safety to data safety is comparing unlike types and levels of safety. No one has ever died from targeted advertising.


>No one has ever died from targeted advertising.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/7/16257412/rehabs-near-me-go...

Targeted advertising can be and is used to target people at their most vulnerable. There almost certainly is a death toll.


Yes I'm sure targeted advertising is the worst thing that can happen from mass profiling.


It's the same thing in the sense that the customer can't really tell upfront which service is safe.




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